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1-Laos
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2-Vientiane
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101-Laos-Vientiane-Laos Coffee You get tea with coffee-It was fun seeing my Vietnamese copassengers rendered speechless as they did not speak Lao I ordered PAA (Fish) and NO MUU(Pork)
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101-Laos-Vientiane-Temple Sights 1400 to 1800 AD
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102-Laos-Vientiane-Temple Sights
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102-Laos-Vientiane-The ladies who served me the coffee going for their Sunday prayers
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103-Laos-Vientiane-A Buddhist festival in progress-People donate food items which are put in earmarked containers
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104-Laos-Vientiane-Huge bronze Buddha idol
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105-Laos-Vientiane-Lao party post prayers-They eat off the same plate
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106-Laos-Vientiane-Temple Sights
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107-Laos-Vientiane-Stone Buddha Idol
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108-Laos-Vientiane-Interesting Roof design
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109-Laos-Vientiane-7 tiered roof design
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110-Laos-Vientiane
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110-Laos-Vientiane-My guesthouse-after 24 hour ride from Vietnam and with no english spoken in Laos Was happy to be in civilisation
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111-Laos-Vientiane-The guest house lobby
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112-Laos-Vientiane-The Mekong-one gets amazing grilled fish in the stalls on the shore
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113-Laos-Vientiane-Culture Center and Ministry
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114-Laos-Vientiane-My honda pickup for the bus to VangVieng-250 km away-Luckily there was a proper bus waiting for the ride
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199-Vang Vieng
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201-Laos-Enroute Vang Vieng
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202-Laos-Vang Vieng-Limestone mountains setting the backgr
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203-Laos-Vang Vieng-Famous for limestone mountains River Tubing -you put a huge tractor tyre around your waist and float down the river
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204-Laos-Vang Vieng-Amazing organic food-you realise the fraud done by organic food manufacturers in most countries
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205-Laos-Vang Vieng-The happy shake and happy pizza cafes-they are strong and leave people in (un)happy states for 2-3 days-this cafe offers a potent cocktail of 'Happy Pizzas' and Friends Serial -24 X 7
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300-LuangPrabang
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301-Laos-Luang Prabang-300 km from Vang Vieng -a boat on the Mekong river
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302-Laos-Luang Prabang-Mekong views
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303-Laos-Luang Prabang-South East Asias most enchanting town
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304-Laos-Luang Prabang-You feel yourself in slow motion Everything -people animals birds et al slow down-Except the mighty Mekong
